1963 Birthday Conan Chris O'Brien, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, TV host, Late Night 1948 Birthday Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place 1925 Birthday Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated 1920 Event 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass) 1918 Birthday Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes 1917 Birthday John F. Kennedy, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1947 - 1953, 35th President 1961 - 1963 1899 Birthday Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman 1896 Birthday William W. Wellman, Brookline Massachusetts, director, Star is Born 1873 Birthday Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer, Chanticker